History of Arkesden
History of Arkesden >> Post Office Directory 1874
Post Office Directory of Essex 1874 - list of inhabitants.
If you wish to trace any of these people on the census returns, the nearest census date for this 1874 directory is the 1871 census. This can be obtained from ancestry.co.uk: 1871 England Census; or, genesreunited.co.uk: 1871 census
Note: the directory lists the names in the following order: Surname, First Name. It also abbreviates names. These have been reversed and typed in full to assist research.
Miss Hawkins, school mistress
Rev. Herbert Fearn, B.A.
Henry Paddison, Wood Hall
George Webb
Nathan Bailey, shopkeeper
Nathan Bailey, jun., higgler
Thomas Bailey, farmer, Becketts
Henry Beddall, farmer, Hobs Aerie
William Farnham, beer retailer
Ezra Francis, carrier
Henry Giffin, farmer, Severalls

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William Heyden, blacksmith
William Jeffrey, grocer
James Monk, Green Man PH
Samuel Negus, farmer
John Nottage, farmer, Rockells
Charles Pilgrim, blacksmith
William Pluck, shopkeeper
John Reed, Axe and Compasses PH, and carpenter
John Edward Smith, farmer, Parsonage Farm
Thomas Stock and John Stock, farmers, Chardwell